"Those look like weapon controls, on the panels over there," Zoe said, gesturing. "I think we should get as high up as we can, and see how the fight is going. We can test the weapons on some of the smaller ships, to see how they work and hopefully get those things off the backs of our people who are already up there."

There was a lot of optimism to the idea - what if nothing actually worked? - but they had to do something.

"Does anyone want to try navigating this thing?" she asked, looking around.